Bitlocker recovery key not working

[ijtabashafi]

I WAS ENCRYPTING MY EXTERNAL HARD DISK .IT GAVE ME THE BITLOCKER RECOCERY KEY AND IDENTIFICATION KEY . UNFORTUNATELY AT 40 % OF ENCRYPTION IT SOMEHOW STOPPED AND THE DISK GOT LOCKED. I TRIED TO UNLOCK IT WITH BITLOCKER RECOVERY KEY BUT IT DOESNT WORK . IT SHOWS NOT RESPONDING MESSAGE FOR HOURS TOGETHER.PLEASE HELP

 

[unksol]

DO NOT USE CAPS ITS RUDE.

Its encryption. If the key doesn't work you are out of luck.

 

[danimaltheanimal13]

hope you have a back up of your external! you should be able to format it and wipe bitlocker of, but you will lose all of your precious data